mined

past tense of mine
as in attacked
to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Recent Examples of mined At gold’s current spot price of roughly $4,600 a troy ounce, the total value of all gold ever mined comes out to roughly $33 trillion — still $7 trillion less than the national debt. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 From there, the minerals are sent away to be further processed into useable material, but that's a small fraction of what's mined out. Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Most of these elements are too low in value to be proposed targets for asteroid mining, but it has been suggested that spacecraft materials like aluminum and titanium might someday be mined in space for use in space. Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 Depending on what is mined, toxic chemicals can be released and radioactive waste generated. ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 For podcasts, authors provide legitimacy to any topic, and their insights – based on the wisdom mined from their book research – can make for an enlightening and lively discussion. Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The approach could eventually create another use for iron resources that are already mined at large scale. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 In recent decades, the biggest coal seams in Appalachia were mined out. Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 The Ceretani were an Indigenous community who farmed, herded, and mined within the Cerdanya region of Catalonia during the Iron Age. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
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  • Evidence publicly presented in the Clancy case indicates Lindsay was the only adult at the family home when investigators believe the children were attacked.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Defense Ministry in Bucharest said that so far this year, Russia had attacked targets close to Romania's frontier 54 times, representing a significant increase on the 28 attacks close to the border in all of 2025.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • So what is a modernist like Mayer, who made such cool craft of ancient stuff 20 years ago with Spring Awakening, to do with something as hokey and booby-trapped as Chess?
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • As Cole is driving Tibu back from a passing-of-the-torch party, the two are ambushed, and Tibu is killed.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
  • While there was a period of harmony between the two coasts, that imploded after Shakur was ambushed at a Times Square recording studio in November 1994.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
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  • Targets for violence For example, Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in Birmingham, Alabama, were bombed three times.
    Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Houthi rebels announced a maritime blockade of the Yemeni government's backer Saudi Arabia -- which has led a coalition that heavily bombed Houthi areas throughout the war.
    August 18, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Mined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mined. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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